Intresting turn in gameplay for a zombie game.

User Rating: 8.5 | Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse PC
By RedneckGamer87 | Review Date:
Gameplay: When you pick up the controller in Stubbs, you'll be the one initiating the undead infection. You'll eat brains and turn your victims into your followers who you can control to, well, eat more brains. The gameplay in Stubbs is pretty straightforward. Your mission is to kill everyone you see. To do so you have a range of special powers. You can fart and stun the enemy, throw explosive gut bombs, use your hand to control an enemy, and use your head as an explosive bowling ball. In addition, you can perform melee swipes, eat brains, and rip off the arms of your foes which can be subsequently used to beat them in the face. As grotesque and intriguing an arsenal as this sounds, you'll soon find some attacks to be far more effective than others. One thing that I find frustrating is the melee combat is the fact that enemies will back away from you faster than you can catch up to them. This may seem logical since zombies typically move at a slow pace.

Graphics: Graphically the game isn't all that impressive. The positives include swell character models and solid animations. On the PC, however, the framerate gets a little choppy when large groups of enemies gather onscreen. The negatives are that while some background details are interesting, a lot of the game's textures are boring.

Sound: The game's sound is of a much higher quality, especially the futile cries from civilians and armed foes as you dig your teeth into their heads. The songs during the dance-off sequence with the police chief are hilarious given the context, as are the news reports on television sets and the sickening, squishy, scalp-munching sound effects.

Value: All in all this is a very fun take on a zombie game where you get to play as a zombie for once and get to use a whole bunch of diffrent powers but you also have some disadvantages that come along with it being a zombie and all. I would recommend this game to anyone who is looking for a change in gameplay for these type of zombie games. I give this game 8.5 out of 10.

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